{"id":12732,"date":"2019-09-16T04:24:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=12732"},"modified":"2026-03-01T01:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:28:37","slug":"eu-invests-17-6-million-to-promote-exchange-of-8555-africans-students-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/eu-invests-17-6-million-to-promote-exchange-of-8555-africans-students-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"EU invests 17.6 million to promote exchange of 8,555 Africans students and staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement, the EU executive notes that &#8220;the EU has invested an additional EUR 17.6 million to support over 8,500 newly selected African students and staff to participate in the Erasmus + program in 2019&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This increase in Erasmus + funding is another step towards the commitment announced by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker [&#8230;] to support 35,000 African students and researchers by 2020,&#8221; the institution said in the press release.<\/p>\n<p>The money comes from the EU Trust Fund for Africa and increases the participation of African students and staff in this European program by 40% from countries such as Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda among others.<\/p>\n<p>From 2014 to this year, the total number of exchanges between Africa and Europe now stands at 26,247, with a target of 35,000 by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>By 2027, the goal is to have 105,000 African participants in Erasmus +.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a total of 8,555 African students and staff and 4,649 European university students will benefit from exchanges in 53 African countries and 34 Erasmus + European countries, Brussels says.<\/p>\n<p>Erasmus + is the European program that supports education, training, youth and sport. 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